French parliamentary delegation to visit Iran

A delegation of France's National Assembly is set to pay an official visit to Tehran, Iran on June 24.

The four-member delegation will be headed by the deputy head of French National Assembly's Foreign Affairs Commission, Iran's Asriran news website reported on June 22.

The French delegation is scheduled to meet with the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran's Majlis, Alaeddin Boroujerdi.

They will also hold a number of meetings with other Iranian MPs.

A delegation of French parliament, headed by Chairman of the Finance Committee of the French Senate, Philippe Marini visited Tehran in April.

Earlier in February, a 116-strong French delegation made up of representatives from major multinational companies such as Total, Lafarge and Peugeot, visited Iran to discuss the issues related to making investments in the country.

On September 24, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with his French counterpart Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the 68th annual session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

The meeting focused on the crisis in Syria and Iran's nuclear energy program.